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Glass construction

“Transparency is overrated,” Jacques Herzog asserted roughly a year ago at the opening of the Vitra Schaudepot in Weil am Rhein. Is that really the case? In the present issue, we explore this topic and take stock of the present situation. Admittedly, the emblematic character of transparent...

Construction of a large composite Gridshell structure

The Ephemeral Cathedral of Créteil at Paris, France, is a gridshell structure made of composite materials. Built in 2013, this 350 m² religious edifice is a temporary church meant to gather the parshioners during the two year renvation of their permanent cathédral. This large-scale prototype...